by Terrance Heath | Sep 15, 2015 | Blog, Conservatism, This Is The GOP
Anti-gay Kentucky county clerk Kim Davis has gone back to work, and back to square one. Although she shows no signs of going away, conservatives want Davis’ saga to be over — and soon. Kim Davis, the Rowan County, Kentucky clerk who went to jail rather than issue — or...
by Dave Johnson | Sep 15, 2015 | Blog, Progressive Vision, Trade, Trans-Pacific Partnership
Should the U.S. enter into special trade relationships with countries that violate basic principles of human dignity? Will our country prioritize people, human rights, and morality — or corporate profits? Pride@Work hopes our country will prioritize human rights in...
by Isaiah J. Poole | Sep 14, 2015 | Economy, Election 2016, Progressive Vision
Democratic presidential candidate Bernie Sanders on Monday went to a pillar of the religious right – Liberty University in Lynchburg, Va. – to make the case that fighting for economic justice is as moral an undertaking as such cornerstone issues for Christian...
by Dave Johnson | Sep 11, 2015 | Blog, Trade, Trans-Pacific Partnership
In the 2008 campaign President Obama promised workers he would renegotiate the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) that had cost so many jobs and wages, and devastated so many communities. When he took office, he didn't. Recently, the administration declared...
by Terrance Heath | Sep 11, 2015 | Blog, Conservatism, This Is The GOP
Things got ugly this week, when Fox News anchor Shep Smith told the truth about Kentucky county clerk, and anti-gay theocrat, Kim Davis. The truth hurts, and wingnuts didn’t like it one bit. Kim Davis, the Kentucky county clerk who refused to issue marriage licenses...
by Terrance Heath | Sep 9, 2015 | Blog, Conservatism, This Is The GOP
Kim Davis, the Kentucky county clerk who refused to issue marriage licenses to same-sex couples, seemed set to become a full-fledged right-wing martyr/saint. Then a funny thing happened on the way to her canonization. Last week, Davis was jailed for contempt of court....